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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement"
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description: "Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 694"
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citation: "Maryland HB 694 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Charkoudian", "Cullison", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Landis", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "Sample-Hughes"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-01-31"
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last_action: "2022-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d801c1-caf7-41eb-8d8d-4f60cecb70dd"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0694?ys=2022RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "39600281918e180859e7d119bb9d3aa7a668232da9ecd4fca5f6fa2f52c17837"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 694 (2022) — Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_683_hb0694e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0694e.pdf)
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3. **First - Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0694f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0694t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **115–2** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Belcastro — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Carr — primary (person)
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- Charkoudian — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- K. Young — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Landis — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Pendergrass — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-15** Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
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- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 683 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d801c1-caf7-41eb-8d8d-4f60cecb70dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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